Spotted!: Blake Lively bundles up in a chocolate leather Dolce and Gabbana coat with grey trim that tied at the waste and distressed jeans as she leaves the set of “Gossip Girl” in New York City on February 1, 2012. Instead of dressing up the outfit with a pair of boots, the blonde bombshell opted for a more casual look by wearing a pair of edgy Christian Louboutin high-top sneakers. Give any outfit an edgy look with this pair of studded Christian Louboutin sneakers.
Spotted!: “She’s Out Of My League” actress Alice Eve rocked Dolce and Gabbana at the The Children’s Defense Fund’s 21st annual Beat the Odds Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on December 1, 2011. The actress paired a Dolce & Gabbana little black dress with a long-sleeved Dolce & Gabbana black blazer, which is a perfect way to add a touch of male fashion to a feminine look. She accessorized with a black clutch embellished in gold, chunky gold rings and black heels. Shop D&G at dolcegabbana.com.
Pictured above from left to right: Mira Sorvino, Andie MacDowell, Jessica Lange, Milla Jovovich, Lauren Hutton, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, Lutz Bethge (CEO of Montblanc International), Emily Blunt, Helen Hunt, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci.
Style Seen Daily attended the “Montblanc Signature For Good Gala Benefitting UNICEF” held at the Los Angeles Paramount Lot.
It almost felt like the Oscars itself, as a slew of A listers dressed to impress came out to support this major charity initiative for worldwide literacy. We talked one on one with all the stars present, and have an exclusive photo of Reese Witherspoon (who donated $50,000 to the charity!).
Style Seen Daily gives you an exclusive look inside the Montblanc & UNICEF charity event with host Reese Witherspoon.
The ‘Montblanc Signature for Good’ activity is one of Montblanc’s major charity initiatives. Their kick-off event unveiled 12 portraits of Internationally known actresses Emily Blunt, Marcia Cross, Andie MacDowell, Helen Hunt, Lauren Hutton, Milla Jovovich, Jessica Lange, Eva Longoria, Sienna Miller, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, and Mira Sorvino. These portraits are currently up for auction to raise money for UNICEF‘s effort to combat illiteracy. Every single actress came out to the event to show their support.
Andie MacDowell told us directly her thoughts on the portraits: ”It’s a really glamorous way to bring attention to a very important need about education for countries all over the world. I have been very blessed, I have a great life, I have wonderful opportunities and I don’t take it for granted. I like doing charity work and I think eventually I will end up just doing that.”
MacDowell was not shy about revealing her true thoughts on why she thinks her photo turned out so great, “Well I’m 50 years old and it’s kind of a stupid thing to say but the lighting was really really good. Great hair and make up, they made me look so beautiful!”
Sienna Miller also enjoyed participating in the project and said to us: “It was not like a normal photo shoot because it was not just posing. They gave us characters from novels. I was Natasha from Warner and I loved it because I had a role to get into which is easy because I’m an actress and it made it easier for me. I’m not very good at just standing there and posing. It was fun we had such a good time.”
And Eva Longoria shared to us: “When they asked me to do it I thought why not?! It’s only 2 hours out of my day to do a photo shoot and it will help millions of kid all over the world.”
The 12 portraits unveiled at the Montblanc & UNICEF event.
Guests arrived dressed in old Hollywood glamour, and we watched as the lovely Dita von Teese took the carpet wearing a silk chiffon Christian Lacroix gown, from the 2008 collection, the long draped skintone dress had a copper bow, pink ombre train, matching clutch and Dita had a Montblanc bow necklace.
Dita von Teese.
Supporter Lucy Liu wore a white Giambattista sheath dress with a wool cape and a taupe clutch.
Lucy Liu.
Marcia Cross arrived wearing a Elie Saab lilac sparkling gown with cap sleeves, floral details, an empire waist and a Swarovski clutch.
Marcia Cross.
Following these ladies came Christina Ricci who wore a sweet LBD from Monique Lhuillier. Along with her ruffled dress, she had tan Christian Louboutin heels and a black satin clutch. (The majority of shoes walking the red carpet were Christian Louboutins!)
Christina Ricci.
Our last three favorite looks inlcuded Helen Hunt in a black Dolce and Gabbana satin dress with matching pumps…
Helen Hunt.
Eva Longoira’s chocolate brown Reem Acra dress….
Eva Longoria.
and Sienna Miller’s flowing multi colored Ungaro gown… (it was also Slumdog Millionaire Star Anil Kapoor‘s favorite as well and he was so struck that he asked us for a personal introduction and ofcourse we were happy to make that connection)
Sienna Miller.
Inside the event, Montblanc, SIGNATURE INTERNATIONAL and UNICEF unveiled the images shot by American photographer Roger Moenks where each actress portrayed a heroine from one of literature’s timeless classics, including Scarlett O’Hara from Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind”, Juliet from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Marguerite Gauthier and from “La Dame aux Camélias” by Alexandre Dumas.
Each actress signed the Limited Edition photo on arrival of the event, and the CEO of Montblanc International, Lutz Bethge, revealed all images in a dramatic drop of a curtain. Lutz stressed the importance of the initiative stating, “Support of the underprivileged cannot stop when times are tough. We are very proud to benefit from the support of these 12 extraordinary ladies to take our work with UNICEF one step further and enhance our joint commitment to support education programmes.”
After the ladies were introduced and their stunning portraits revealed, Michael York invited the 250 guests to a sit down dinner where Reese Witherspoon presented UNICEF with a huge $50,000 check that she personally donated.
The 12 pictures were auctioned off on International Literacy Day — September 9th.
Recipients of the portraits will get the personally signed picture of the individual actress and a precious version of the Montblanc Meisterstück, the legendary and timeless writing instrument that is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, a rare limited edition of only 12 pieces worldwide, dedicated to UNICEF.
UNICEF and Montblanc have shared an important common goal over the years – working together to fight illiteracy around the world by giving the “power to write” to underprivileged individuals. In previous years the Power To Write campaign has raised over 1 Million USD in Montblanc boutiques across the world towards education programmes initiated by UNICEF.
For more coverage of this event visit the official Signature For Good website.
Eva Mendes, Naomi Watts, Kate Hudson, Freida Pinto, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova, Sheryl Crow, Lindsay Lohan, Fergie, Naomi Campbell and Scarlett Johansson all made their way to Dolce and Gabbana’s front row in Milan for fashion week. This line up is the biggest Milan has had in years, all for their fall-winter 2009-2010 collection.
D&G revealed that Johansson will be the company’s new spokesperson for cosmetics.
Lohan and Fergie at Dolce and Gabbana Milian Show.
This D&G ’09 collection was explained to be inspired by surrealist art with desire to push limits.
Dolce and Gabbana Milan Runway 2009.
Everything had a slim silhouette at the bottom and more elaborate from the waist up and was full of details from decorated headbands, ruffled stocking seams and puffed sleeves were widely shown.
Dolce and Gabbana Milan Runway 2009.
Furs of all colors made up a big part of the looks.
Dolce and Gabbana Milan Runway 2009.
Dolce and Gabbana also added an iconic fashion theme to the show paying homage to Marylin Monroe.
Gowns with Monroe’s smiling face adorned the models down the runway and it seemed that the new makeup ad campaign face, Johansson, who was dressed a light green silk dress with cap sleeves, could not keep her eyes off those styles. Johansson, a reddish-brunette at the moment, was done up in the campaign to look like Monroe with bright red lipstick and white blond hair.
The UK Telegraph reported on Johansson’s shoot saying, “I’m kind of buxom. I love red lipstick and I love a good lip. I was working with Pat McGrath, the British make-up artist, and she was so funny. Everyone kept saying, ‘Get Pat off the set. Scarlett’s smiling too much.”
“She is beautiful, and she has beautiful skin,” Stefano Gabbana said of 24-year-old Johansson. He added that she embodied the concept of beauty for young people today.
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana revealing their new cosmetics spokesperson, Scarlett Johansson.
Backstage at the show, several beautiful male models all joined together to hit the runway in their black and white themed well tailored suits, Dolce and Gabbana still seem to dominate the market for European style suits.
Backstage in Milan at the Dolce and Gabbana Milan Runway 2009.
Look for the new line of make up in stores just weeks from now and the new collection heavy with metallics and also whimsical romantic looks has already hit the flagship retail locations.
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